Re: VMS Cluster

If you with Client mean a Satellite node booting over the network this might help:

A reboot is necessary to switch to local system disk, if you call that leaving the cluster.

Just set Cluster parameters and copy sys$system:cluster_authorize.dat from the cluster. This file contains cluster group number and password that will make the node member of the cluster if cluster parameters are set.Parameters could be set by using sys$manager:cluster_config.com or manually put them into sys$system:modparams.dat and run AUTOGEN.

Re: VMS Cluster

****Next is purely based on deduction, based on what I know of setting upo a cluster. I've never tried this.I may be wrong in SRM names but you'll grep the meaning if you take a look.****Having said this:

Suppose DSA100 is your (cluster) disk, and your client boots from [SYS1], you will normally boot:

Re: VMS Cluster

recent SYS$MANAGER:CLUSTER_CONFIG.COM have option to create duplicate system disk. Or you do VMS installation on local disk in client, copy CLUSTER_AUTHORIZE.DAT to client system disk, set system params on new client disk (copy from previos system specific area).